Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. File. AICC by way of ANI

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (September 24, 2025) claimed that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has put a lock on “vote theft” solely after he raised the matter, and requested Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar when he would offer proof to the Karnataka CID on the “deletion” of votes in Aland.

The Leader of Opposition within the Lok Sabha was referring to media stories that the ECI has rolled out a brand new ‘e-sign’ function that requires Aadhar-based verification for addition or deletion of votes.

“Gyanesh ji, we caught the theft and solely then did you keep in mind to place a lock – now we’ll catch the thieves too.”

“So tell us, when are you going to give the evidence to CID?” Mr. Gandhi requested in a submit on X.

Mr. Gandhi had earlier claimed that a number of votes had been sought to be cancelled within the Aland meeting constituency in Karnataka, following which the state CID registered an FIR and is now probing the “vote-theft”.

In a press convention earlier, he had claimed that a number of votes had been sought to be deleted in Aland allegedly by a software program, however the CID discovered that out and prevented the ballot “fraud”.

Mr. Gandhi had urged the CEC to supply particulars of these behind the “vote fraud” for the CID to seek out out these behind it.

ECI officers, nonetheless, stated the verification system is just not a response to the Aland meeting constituency row as identified by Gandhi.

Published – September 24, 2025 04:42 pm IST